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Marine Week Phoenix: A Phoenix native Marine’s story

8th Marine Corps District

July 14, 2015 | 1:47

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Merville, a Phoenix native, has been playing music since the first grade and always desired pursuing a career in music, which he found in the Marine Corps 12 years ago as a professional trombone player.

Merville’s career has taken him across the world to play music in places such as Australia, Cambodia, and Mongolia to name a few. His wife of 11 years and their three children have been on the adventure as well, being stationed in New Orleans, San Diego, and Minnesota.

In this interview Merville tells us more about himself and what excites him about Marine Week Phoenix, Sept. 10-13, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken)

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